New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday declared his party needs a “wake-up call” and accused fellow lawmakers of being complicit in the passage of President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Booker specifically targeted Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota for supporting a package of pro-law enforcement bills, and accused his party of “bending the knee” to the president.
The tirade occurred while the senator was opposing Cortez Masto’s effort to pass the bills quickly, claiming he wanted to change the measures to ensure they are distributed equally among red and blue states amid grant cancellations.
“We are standing at a moment where our president is eviscerating the Constitution of the United States of America, and we’re willing to go along with that today,” Booker said. “Not on my watch. I stand against this. It is a violation of our Constitution for the president of the United States to ignore the will of Congress and decide which states are eligible for grants and which are not.”
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